belaying
- present participle of belay.
Example Sentences
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I was belaying my friend when he came over and said the word, “Hi.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
In simul-climbing, climbers scale the wall at the same time with the bottom climber belaying as he goes.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2018
Rope is looped around metal dowels called belaying pins that sit in a horizontal steel bar called a pin rail.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2017
So they are belaying each other, just moving back and forth for each climber.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2015
As the belaying pins in question were iron and twice as heavy as a policeman's club, Eric could not help smiling at the suggestion of inoffensiveness that the captain conveyed.
From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
